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SUBMITTER: Stuewig J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2848360 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stuewig Jeffrey J Tangney June P JP Heigel Caron C Harty Laura L McCloskey Laura L
Journal of research in personality 20100201 1
Theory suggests that shame should be positively related to aggression while guilt may serve as a protective factor. Little research has examined mediators between the moral emotions and aggression. Results using path analyses in four diverse samples were consistent with a model of no direct relationship between shame-proneness and aggression. There was, however, a significant indirect relationship through externalization of blame, but mostly when aggression was measured using self-report. Guilt- ...[more]